Semino Private Hospital Scam Alert: POEA Warning Medical Students/Professionals

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has released an advisory, warning medical students and medical professionals about the Semino Private Hospital- Switzerland Scam.

This recent news advisory from POEA reported a scam luring medical students and medical professionals to a supposed Semino Private Hospital in Switzerland which offers student programs and internship jobs.

A quick search in the internet revealed a seminohospital.com. In the search results description, the website seem to claim a connection to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. But in the actual website, the hospital is supposedly in Lausanne, Switzerland. Another fishy thing about this website is that their contact emails are mostly from free email providers.

The Philippine Embassy in Berne has verified that this Semino Private Hospital does not exist. Scammers will try to recruit via e-mail medical students for huge allowances and professionals for high-paying medical positions.

Medical jobs continue to be one of the most in demand jobs in the world today. It is no wonder that scammers are targeting a lot of people wanting to land a position in this capacity. If you are one of the people contacted by these scammers, inform the POEA immediately. It is wise to verify ANY medical job offer abroad so as to avoid falling victim to illegal recruiting scams such as this Semino Private Hospital scam.

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